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Lots of intermediate Spanish speakers tend to get trapped using the same vocabulary over and over again. They often only speak about subjects they know the words for and avoid anything outside of their comfort zone. The problem with this is that even though they sound ok, they never really get any better.

Learn to speak in Spanish about the things that matter to you and massively improve your Spanish vocabulary and speaking skills. Each interesting section covers one of 32 topics that you would commonly talk about in your own language to keep you engaged and interested, and ultimately, to help you to build the confidence to move up to the next level.

What’s Alistair’s next move? He's desperate to see Luna again. It might be the only thing keeping Alistair from giving up, because their situation looks grim. As he sits in the Captain’s seat, looking out at the vastness of space, he knows what is on its way. The Commonwealth comes to take back what is theirs…and to wipe out the rebels for good. How many will they bring? Alistiar was wracking his brain on how to get out of this dangerous spot, and then he got the word. The Primuses had escaped. And they took Thoreaux with them.

Alistair had no choice...and now the Commonwealth hunts him. But are they the only threat? When the Rebels escaped through the portal, the planet they chose seemed like the perfect place to hide. Shrouded in flames, with underground caves and passages, Alistair knew it would give them a chance to regroup. He was wrong. What or who is this dark force that hunts them?

Sports fans, dads, and data analysts David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta argue that fandom can not only increase our sense of belonging but also serves as a powerful antidote to loneliness because sports fans experience increased social connection. What they didn't realize was how deep that connection was, the potential it carried for individual and societal wellness, or the opportunities it offered for adult friendships, making and keeping friends, and family ties.

Do you have thoughts and emotions that others don't understand? Do you desire to have open communication with everyone, more friends, and positive social interactions, but something is blocking you? Do you suffer from being misunderstood because there is a part of you that others don't see and they think you are too shy or boring or sensitive? If so, you might be an introvert and to get ahead in life, you have to adopt the personality traits of your extroverted counterparts.

Everything you need to go from absolutely nothing to actually speaking and understanding simple Japanese. This audiobook is perfect for absolute beginners, students preparing for the JLPT 4/5 tests, or just people wanting to improve their beginner Japanese.

中級レベルのスペイン語を話す多くの人々は、同じ単語を何度も繰り返して使用する傾向にあり、自分の知っている単語がある話題に関しては話せますが、それ以外の不慣れなテーマについては会話を避けようとします。話せる話題が少ないとそれ以上に上達しませんし、話していても面白くありません。反対にいろいろなテーマについて話せるようになれば、会話も弾みスペイン語上達の近道になるのです。それには

If you are a high beginner with a good understanding of basic grammar and vocabulary, then this is the audiobook to help you to take your Italian to the next level. How does it work? Each article covers a topic you would commonly talk about in your own language. So instead of learning boring vocabulary lists, you will be reading interesting articles and learning the specific language you will need for having real conversations with other Italian speakers.

Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty. In The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how corrupt science becomes public policy - and where it's happening today.

Do you ever worry that you are not enough? Have you ever wondered how you could be better, braver, and stronger?Many people throughout the world deal with these problems and a lot of us never learned to think about ourselves in a kind manner, and we never learned to raise ourselves up, and instead, we put ourselves down. This is a common problem, and fortunately, there is a solution: You can help build yourself up by learning about yourself and engaging with your self-esteem!

What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread? From the diagnosis of his childhood friend’s mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden’s seen the unknown world of cancer from the lens of a young boy, a classmate, a researcher, a friend, a doctor, and a neighbor. Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer - his visits to his sick neighbor and his classmate who left school and never came back.

Alistair made a single wrong assumption, and now he, Thoreaux, and Caesar battle for their lives in a cruel set of games designed to weed out the weak. Losing means death. The game’s giants aren’t the only threat. The corporation’s CEO is hunting them, too. Faced with the horrible reality of an entire race born into servitude, Alistair now only has one option. Find a way to free them...or die trying.

Alistair knows the risks, but he must take the Ice Queen’s military and the gigante to Planet Phoenix. In order to defeat the Ascendant, Alexander de Finita, and put this nightmare behind him, it’ll take every asset he can bring together. There’s just one problem.

Three months into his studies at the Black River Academy of Swordcraft and Spellcraft, Durren Flintrand is shocked by the news that from now on he'll be assigned to a party and that his only hope of progressing beyond the lowly rank of level one is to succeed with his new companions. However, Durren has a secret that may make that impossible, and his three partners have problems of their own.

Fun, bright, and playful, power pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the '70s and '80s to its resurgence in the '90s and '00s, power pop has meant many things to many people. In Go All the Way, today's best and brightest writers go deep on what certain power pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Whether they love or hate it, Go All the Way is a dive into the Beatles-inspired pop rock of the last five decades.

Learn the truth behind the mask of Hollywood in these 10 bizarre tales of dreams and dream weavers, movies and movie-makers, by some of the most respected fantasy writers of our time.

In Go Long, authors Dennis Carey, Brian Dumaine, Michael Useem, and Rodney Zemmel take you behind the scenes to witness the business decisions that are enabling leading organizations to outsmart and outlast the competition.

Massively improve your Japanese vocabulary and speaking skills through listening to articles about these 32 everyday topics. By the end of this book you will know the essential Japanese vocabulary for speaking about 32 everyday topics, feel confident having real conversations about real topics with other Japanese speakers, and know hundreds of new Japanese words and feel comfortable about moving up to the intermediate level.

Imagine Holmes trying to solve the case of an invisible man attacking London - matching wits with a traveler from out of time - tracking down a human/feline hybrid - using his deductive skills to help fight Martian and lunar invaders! These are just some of the stories included in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells.